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SELECTED READING LIST FOR LIBRARIANS 


Recommended for students preparing for the Indi- 
anapolis Library Training Class and for all members 
of the Indianapolis Staff who have leas than two 
years of accredited library experience. 


"Our duty is to read — it is our obligation — and some of us hope that, 
if some form of efficiency rating is introduced into the library world, 
ability to read, to read effectively and well, will be the outstanding 
qualification for librarianship." 


HISTORY — CIVICS - GOVERNMENT 
(Examine all and study at least one book under each sub-head) 

GENERAL HISTORY 

Outline of History, py H. G. Wells 

Modern History, by C. J. H. Hayes and P. T. Moon 
MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY 

Modern and Contemporary European History, by J. 8. Schapiro 

Europe Since 1815, by C. D. Hazen 

Modern and Contemporary European Civilization, by H. G. Plum and others 
UNITED STATES HISTORY 

History of the United States, by H. W. Elson 

Contemporary American History, by ©. A. Beard 

New American History, by A. B. Hart 

We and Our History, by A. B. Hart 
CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT 

Forms and Functions of the American Government, by T. H. Reed 

New Community Civics, by R. 0. Hughes 
EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT 

Governments of Europe, by F. A. Ogg 

Read especially the chapters on England, France, Switzerland and 
the Scandinavian countries 
National Governments and the World War, by F. A. Ogg and C. A. Beard 


CURRENT EVENTS 
YEARBOOKS ; 
Consult the following for information on specific and elusive facte: 
New International Yearbook, Statesman's Yearbook, World Almanac 
PERIODICALS 
Keep well informed by reading regularly such magazines as the Literary 
Digest, Current History, Review of Reviews, World's Work, Independent, 
and Time. Form the habit of devoting regularly fifteen to thirty min- 
utes a day to a good daily newspaper, concentrating on national and 
world events. Read systematically and consistently. 


LITERATURE 
(Examine all and study at least one book under each sub-head) 
ENGLISH 
Introduction to English Literature, by H. S. Pancoast 
History of English Literature, by R. P. Halleck 
English Literature during the Last Half-Century, by J. W. Cunliffe 


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History of American Literature, by R. P. Halleck 

Short History of American Literature, ed. by W. P. Trent and others 
History of American Literature, by F. L. Pattee 

History of American Literature Since 1870, by F. L. Pattee 


FRENCH 


Century of French Fiction, by B. W. Wells 

Read chapters on Balzac, George Sand, Zola, Daudet, Maupassant 
Landmarks in French Literature, by G. L. Strachey 
French Literature during the Last Half-Century, by Pierre de Bacourt 


and J. W. Cunliffe 
RUSSIAN 


Outline of Russian Literature, by Maurice Baring 
Essays on Russian Novelists, by W. L. Phelps 


A Guide to Russian Literature, 
GERMAN 


1820-1917, by M. J. Olgin 


History of German Literature, by Calvin Thomas 


Read chapters 13-20 
SCANDINAVIAN 


Essays on Scandinavian Literature, by H. H. Boyesen 
Read chapters on Bjornson and Brandes 


Henrik Ibsen, by Henry Rose 

Knut Hamsun, by H. A. Larsen 

Johann Bojer, by Carl Gad 
THE NOVEL 


The Development of the English Novel, by W. L. Cross 
The American Novel, by C. C. Van Doren 

Contemporary American Novelists, by C. C. Van Doren 
Some Modern Novelists, by H. T. Follett 

Essays on Modern Novelists, by W. L. Phelps 


STANDARD AND MODERN NOVELS 


(Select at least three which you have not read. 


Most of these, 


or others by the same authors, should be read within the first 
two years of library service by every ambitious librarian) 


Vanity Fair, by Thackeray 
Middlemarch, by Eliot 

Sense and Sensibility, by Austen 
Cloister and the Hearth, by Reade 
Heart of Midlothian, by Scott 

Jane Eyre, by Bronte 

Nicholas Nickleby, by Dickens 
Eugenie Grandet, by Balzac 

Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Hugo 
Count of Monte Cristo, by Dumas 
Fathers and Children, by Turgenav 
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoievaky 
Anna Karenina, by Tolstoi 

Scarlet Letter, by Hawthorne 

Return of the Native, by Hardy 
Portrait of a Lady, by James 

Ordeal of Richard Feverel, by Meredith 
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Stevenson 
Light That Failed, by Kipling 

Rise of Silas Lapham, by Howells 
Soundings, by Gibbs 


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Scaramouche, by Sabatini 
Alice-for-Short, by DeMorgan 
Nocturne, by Swinnerton 

Jean Christophe, by Rolland 
Gosta Berling, by Lagerloff 
Old Wives Tales, by Bennett 
Christina Alberta's Father, by Wells 
Forsyte Saga, by Galsworthy 
Fortitude, by Walpole 

Lord Jim, by Conrad 

Eldest Son, by Marshall 
Divine Fire, by Sinclair 
Ethan Frome, by Wharton 
Sussex Gorse, by Kaye-Smith 
Babbit, by Lewis 

Bent Twig, by Fisher 

Alice Adams, by Tarkington 
Birth, by Gale 

One of Ours, by Cather 

So Big, by Ferber 

Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard, by France 
Marie Chapdelaine, by Hemon 


THE DRAMA 
Modern Dramatists, by Ashley Dukes 
Dramatists of Today, by E. E. Hale, Jr. 
Living Drama,by N. (B). Miller 
Playwrights on Playmaking, by Brander Matthews 
The Play of Today, by E. R. Hunt 
The Russian Theater, by 0. M. Sayler 


STANDARD AND MODERN PLAYS 
(Select at least three which you have not read. Most of these, 
or others by the same authors, should be read within the first 
two years of library service by every ambitioue librarian) 


Hedda Gabler, by Ibsen Magda, by Sudermann 

Saint Joan, by Shaw Sea Gull, by Tchekhov 

Monna Vanna, by Maeterlinck Lady Windermere's Fan,. by Wilde 
Jane Clegg, by Ervine Dear Brutus, by Barrie 

Michael and the Lost Angel, by Jones The Piper, by Peabody 

Second Mrs. Tanqueray, by Pinero Mary Stuart, by Drinkwater 

Great Divide, by Moody Liliom, by Molnar 

Loyalties, by Galsworthy Icebound, by Davis 

Tragedy of Nan, by Masefield The Hairy Ape, by O'Neill 

Cyrano de Bergerac, by Rostand Outward Bound, by Vane 

Three Plays, by Pirandello Plays of Near and Far, by Dunsany 
The Weavers, by Hauptmann Seven Short Plays, by Lady Gregory 


Playboy of the Western World, by Synge This Fine Pretty World, by Mackaye 


SELECTED ANTHOLOGIES 
Representative One-act Plays by American Authors, by Mayorga 
Representatives One-act Plays by Continental Authors, by Moses 
Representative Plays by American Tramatists, by Moses 
Chief Contemporary Dramatists, (lst and 2nd series), by Dickens 


POETRY 
Poets of America, by E. C. Stedman 
Naturalism in England, by G. M. C. Brandes (Volume 4 of his 
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature) 


SELECTED ANTHOLOGIES 
Oxford Book of English Verse, by A. T. Quiller-Couch 
American Anthology, by E. C. Stedman 


MODERN POETRY 
New Era in American Poetry, by Louis Untermeyer 
Tendencies in Modern American Poetry, by Amy Lowell 
New Voices, by Marguerite Wilkinson 
Studies cf Contemporary Poets, by M. C. Sturgeon 
Our Best Poets, English and American, by Theodore Maynard 
From Whitman to Sandberg in American Poetry, by Bruce Weirick 


SELECTED ANTHOLOGIES 
Little Book of Modern Verse, by J. B. Rittenhouse 
Second Book of Modern Verse, by J. B. Rittenhouse 
The New Postry, by Harriet Monroe and A. C. Henderson 
Modern British Poetry, revised and enlarged 1925-1926 
by Louis Untermeyer 


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Contemporary Poetry, by Marguerite Wilkinson 


Our Poets of Today, by H. W. Cook 


Verse of Our Day, by Margery Gordon and M, B. King 


THE ESSAY 


English Essays and Essayists, by Hugh Walker 


MODERN ESSAYS 


Courage, by Belloc 


How to Live on Twenty-four Hours a Day 


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From a College Window, by Benson 
Far and Near, by Burroughs 
Fancies Versus Fads, by Chesterton 
Cheerful Giver, ty Crothers 
Books on the Table, by Gosse 


Adventures in Contentment, by Grayson 


Walking Stick Papere, by Holliday 
Giving and Receiving, by Lucas 


If I May, by Milne 
Shandygaff, by Morley 
Points of Friction, by Repplier 
Books and Culture, by Mabie 
Virginibus Puerisque, by Stevenson 
Fisherman's Luck, by Van Dyke 
Life's Minor Collisions, by Warner 
Books in Black and Red, by Pearson 
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by Eaton 
And Even Now, by Beerbohm 


There's Pipins and Cheese to Come, by Brooks Trivia, by Smith 


SELECTED ANTHOLOGIES 


Atlantic Classics 

Modern Essays, by Morley 

Essays of Today, by Pritchard 

Essays by Present Day Writers, by Pence 

Adventures in Essay Reading, by University of Michigan 


BOOKS OF INSPIRATION 


Jungle Peace, by Beebe 

More Twice Born Men, by Bigbie 

Short History of Science, by Sedgwick and Tyler 
Next-to-Nothing House, by Carrick 

What Men Live By, by Cabot 

Theodore Roosevelt, by Charnwood 

Picture Towns of Europs, by Osborne 

Childhood in Brittany Highty Years Ago, by Sedgwick 
Lone Winter, by Greene 

Labrador Doctor, by Grenfell 

My Book and Heart, by Harris 

Daughter of the Samurai, by Sugimoto 

Far away and Long Ago, ty Hudson 

Remembered Yesterdays, by Johnson 

Among French Folk, by Johnson 

My Garden of Memory, by Wiggin 

Margaret Ogilvy, by Barrie 


CURRENT LITERATURE and literary criticism should be followed by reading some 


periodical devoted to current comment on books, such as the American Mercury, 
Bookman, New Republic, Saturday Review of Literature, Literary Review of the 
New York Evening Post, Literary Digest International Book Review, Ths Booklist, 
Book Review Digerat, Books, Publisher's Weekly and "Library Book Outlook" in 


the Library Journal. 


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OPPORTUNITIES IN LIBRARY SERVICE 
(Careful reading of all references is recommended) 


American Public Library, by A. E. Bostwick 
Read chapters 1,4,6,7,10,14, and 26 especially 

American Public Library and the Diffusion of Knowledge, by W. S. Learned 

Libraries, by J. C. Dana 
Read chapters on A Librarian's Enthusiasm, Place of the Public 
Library in a City's Life, and Women in Library Work 

The Library and the Community, by J. L. Wheeler 

The Library and Society, ed. by A. E. Bostwick 

The Library Primer, by J. C. Dana 

Training for Librarianship, by J. H. Friedel 

County Library Service, by H. C. Long 

Children's Reading, by F. J. Olcott 

Century of Children’s Books, by F. V. Barry 

Children’s Reading, by Terman and Lima 

Juvenile Story Writing, by M. L. Robinson 

A.L.A. Manual of Library Economy 
Training for Librarianship, Library Service, American Library History, 
Branch Libraries, and Special Libraries. 


LIBRARY PERIODICALS 


The best known periodicals devoted to library service are Library Journal, 
Libraries, New York Libraries, Wisconsin Library Bulletin, Special Libraries 
and Library Occurrent. Form the habit of reading each number regularly. 
Systematic professional reading is as necessary for a successful librarian 
as for a successful physician. 


SELF-CULTURE HELPS 
(Read all starred items and become thoroughly familiar with the others) 


What Can Literature Do for Me? by C. A. Smith 

One Thcusand Best Books, by A. D. Dickinson 

Literary Taste and How to Form It, by Arnold Bennett* 

How to Get the Best Out of Books, by Richard LeGallienne* 

Some Great American Books, by D. L. Sharpe* 

English Literature, by W. N. C. Carleton* 

Map of the World of Knowledge, by S. L. Morse* 

Bookman's Manual: A Guide to Literature, ty Bessie Graham 

Contemporary British Literature, by J. M. Manly 

Contemporary Amsrican Literature, by J. M. Manly 

What Books Can Do for You, by J. L. Bennett* 

Reading with a Purpose; A new series of reading courses for 
adultes, by A.L.A.* 


INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY 
Compiled by Cerene Ohr, Amy Winslow and Carrie E. Scott 
Charles E. Rush, Librarian 


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